Surgeon (1747); practiced at the Middlesex
Hospital and the British Lying-in Hospital.
Elected to the Society of Physicians (1756).
Became London’s leading obstetrician; attended
Queen Charlotte, among others, and
popularized use of male obstetricians in place of
midwives. Fellow of the Royal Society (1767).
First professor of anatomy at the Royal
Academy (1768). Best known for his popular
anatomy lectures, which he gave in cooperation
with his brother John Hunter (1748-59),
William Hewson (1762-71), and later W. C.
Cruikshank. Founded an anatomical and
surgical museum to support his lectures and
research.

Son of John and Agnes Hunter of East
Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Educated at
Glasgow (M.D. 1750); studied medicine with
William Cullen and James Douglas.